Mr. Crosby was the son of the late Harold Crosby. Mr. Crosby was born in McDuffie County, Georgia. He was retired as a Georgia State Trooper after 32 years of service and lived most of his life in Thomson, Georgia. Mr. Crosby was also a member and Deacon of Pine Grove Baptist Church, a Master Mason of the A.J. Miller Masonic Lodge and Alee Shrine Temple, past president of the Thomson Shrine Club, member and president of the Blue Knights Georgia IV, member of Association of State Troopers, member of the Georgia Peace Officers Association and past president and current board member of the Georgia Department of Public Safety Credit Union.